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12-24-2013, 03:22 AM
I am sure this isn't the first time (and it definitely won't be the last time) that somebody has brought up the topic of league contraction. But holy sh!t I've seen some crappy teams in the NBA over the years, but this particular season is borderline embarrassing.
Correction: It IS embarrassing. No joke, this league is in a real slump. There are way too many teams tanking for high picks for drafts that are filled to the brim with shitty players who have absolutely no business playing professional basketball. And on top of that, way too many of these shitty teams are recycling shitty washed-up coaches who have no creativity or basketball brains whatsoever, and have proven multiple times that thay cannot coach worth a damn. Even worse, way too many of these teams have absolute jokes for GMs and front offices that somehow think they can assemble a quality basketball organization, which they have proven they can't. Despite all of this, the all-mighty comish Stern (and soon be to Silver) couldn't give a rats ass about how seriously washed-up and screwed-up this league is. It is BAD.
I think the time could not be better for the league to seriously consider saying bye-bye to some of these patheticly run organizations for good. If you want a fiercely competitive NBA, folding 2 teams will not make a significant difference in my opinion. The effects would be marginal. If the league really is serious about making professional basketball competitive again, they'll shrink the league down to something like 24 teams. Yes 24 teams.
Think of some of the teams that have no business being in the NBA... Teams like Washington, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Utah, etc. Think of 6 teams you think the league would be better off without. By plopping all of these "orphaned" players of the folded teams in a league contraction draft that would be run somewhat like a fantasy draft, you immediately intensify the level of talent on each team that survived the cut. And that's just the beginning.
I like the idea somebody posted in the NBA forum that proposed a major change in how draft pick seeding is awarded. It's far from perfect, but I think it would be better than what we have right now. A revolution of the draft is something else that will be necessary in order to help condense talent, and it will also need to be a system that does not reward tanking. The joke that is the current draft lottery does not cut it.
With that in mind, what are your thoughts on a major league contraction? What teams would you have fold? What would be your new draft system? And what other thoughts/ideas do you have?
Correction: It IS embarrassing. No joke, this league is in a real slump. There are way too many teams tanking for high picks for drafts that are filled to the brim with shitty players who have absolutely no business playing professional basketball. And on top of that, way too many of these shitty teams are recycling shitty washed-up coaches who have no creativity or basketball brains whatsoever, and have proven multiple times that thay cannot coach worth a damn. Even worse, way too many of these teams have absolute jokes for GMs and front offices that somehow think they can assemble a quality basketball organization, which they have proven they can't. Despite all of this, the all-mighty comish Stern (and soon be to Silver) couldn't give a rats ass about how seriously washed-up and screwed-up this league is. It is BAD.
I think the time could not be better for the league to seriously consider saying bye-bye to some of these patheticly run organizations for good. If you want a fiercely competitive NBA, folding 2 teams will not make a significant difference in my opinion. The effects would be marginal. If the league really is serious about making professional basketball competitive again, they'll shrink the league down to something like 24 teams. Yes 24 teams.
Think of some of the teams that have no business being in the NBA... Teams like Washington, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Utah, etc. Think of 6 teams you think the league would be better off without. By plopping all of these "orphaned" players of the folded teams in a league contraction draft that would be run somewhat like a fantasy draft, you immediately intensify the level of talent on each team that survived the cut. And that's just the beginning.
I like the idea somebody posted in the NBA forum that proposed a major change in how draft pick seeding is awarded. It's far from perfect, but I think it would be better than what we have right now. A revolution of the draft is something else that will be necessary in order to help condense talent, and it will also need to be a system that does not reward tanking. The joke that is the current draft lottery does not cut it.
With that in mind, what are your thoughts on a major league contraction? What teams would you have fold? What would be your new draft system? And what other thoughts/ideas do you have?